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Schools in Altona

Altona’s public schools

ROWVA Community Unit School District 208 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Altona. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 103% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
40%
2020–21
Math proficiency
23%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$16.3K
▼ 24% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.5
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
617 students on the public path
In brief

Altona’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Altona’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. R O W V A Jr and Sr High School places highest (better than 65%); R O W V A Elem School lowest (65%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Altona, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6R O W V A Elem Schoolin OneidaB+
7–12R O W V A Jr and Sr High Schoolin OneidaB+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the ROWVA Community Unit School District 208.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

ROWVA Community Unit School District 208Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 617 students · 10.5 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$16,326IL $21,567 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 29.9% · 278 students tested
Math23%
State average 25.8% · 304 students tested

Altona vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Altona’s borders.

Schools next door
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Altona—ROWVA Community Unit School District 208

Every school in Altona

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Altonain other towns
R O W V A Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Oneida
B+
369 students13:1Rate it →
R O W V A Jr and Sr High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Oneida
B+
248 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Altona’s schools

Are Altona’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Altona. ROWVA Community Unit School District 208 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Altona. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Altona in?

ROWVA Community Unit School District 208.

Where do Altona kids go to high school?

R O W V A Jr and Sr High School.

Parents talk

What Altona families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.